# 2006–07 Hamburger SV season

The 2006–07 season was Hamburger SV's 44th professional season.

## Season summary

Hamburg were rooted to the bottom of the table for the first half of the season, but the appointment of Huub Stevens revitalised the team and they rose to a final 7th-placed finish.

## Players
### First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Stefan Wächter |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Juan Pablo Sorín |
| 3 | DF | CMR | Thimothée Atouba |
| 4 | DF | GER | Bastian Reinhardt |
| 5 | DF | NED | Joris Mathijsen |
| 6 | MF | SUI | Raphaël Wicky |
| 7 | MF | IRN | Mehdi Mahdavikia |
| 8 | DF | GER | Mathias Abel (on loan from Schalke 04) |
| 9 | FW | PER | Paolo Guerrero |
| 10 | DF | BEL | Vincent Kompany |
| 11 | FW | CRO | Ivica Olić |
| 12 | GK | GER | Sascha Kirschstein |
| 13 | MF | GER | Mario Fillinger |
| 14 | MF | CZE | David Jarolím |
| 15 | MF | GER | Piotr Trochowski |
| 16 | DF | GER | René Klingbeil |
| 17 | FW | CIV | Boubacar Sanogo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | GER | Oliver Hampel |
| 20 | FW | CIV | Guy Demel |
| 22 | FW | ALB | Besart Berisha |
| 23 | MF | NED | Rafael van der Vaart |
| 24 | DF | GER | Sasan Gouhari |
| 25 | FW | GER | Massimo Cannizzaro |
| 26 | DF | GER | Volker Schmidt |
| 27 | MF | GER | Alexander Laas |
| 28 | MF | NED | Nigel de Jong |
| 29 | GK | GER | Wolfgang Hesl |
| 30 | MF | NAM | Collin Benjamin |
| 32 | MF | GER | Änis Ben-Hatira |
| 33 | MF | USA | Benny Feilhaber |
| 34 | MF | GER | Sidney Sam |
| 35 | GK | GER | Frank Rost |
| 37 | FW | GER | Rouwen Hennings |
| 38 | FW | SRB | Danijel Ljuboja (on loan from VfB Stuttgart) |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | GER | Markus Karl (to Greuther Fürth) |
| 11 | FW | GER | Benjamin Lauth (on loan to VfB Stuttgart) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | NED | Khalid Boulahrouz (to Chelsea) |

## Competitions
### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 54 | 49 | +5 | 51 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 34 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 43 | 32 | +11 | 48 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 45 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 8 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 45 | |
| 9 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 44 | |
* 1 2 Since 1. FC Nürnberg won the 2006–07 DFB-Pokal, thus qualifying for the UEFA Cup first round, Hamburger SV entered the Intertoto Cup third round.

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Qualifying round
#### Group stage

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Arsenal | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 11 |
| Porto | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 11 |
| CSKA Moscow | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 8 |
| Hamburger SV | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 3 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| Winter | GK | Frank Rost | Schalke 04 | €1,500,000 |
| Winter | FW | Ivica Olić | CSKA Moscow | €2,000,000 |
| Winter | FW | Mathias Abel | Schalke 04 | €150,000 |
| | DF | Juan Pablo Sorín | Villarreal | €3,000,000 |
| | DF | Joris Mathijsen | AZ | €6,000,000 |
| | MF | Änis Ben-Hatira | Hamburger SV II | |
| | MF | Danijel Ljuboja | VfB Stuttgart | €850,000 |
| | DF | Boubacar Sanogo | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | €3,800,000 |
| | DF | Vincent Kompany | Anderlecht | €10,500,000 |
| | FW | Paolo Guerrero | Bayern Munich | €2,500,000 |
| | DF | Benny Feilhaber | Hamburger SV II | |
| | DF | Wolfgang Hesl | Hamburger SV II | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| Winter | MF | Markus Karl | Greuther Fürth | €100,000 |
| Winter | FW | Benjamin Lauth | VfB Stuttgart | €400,000 |
| | DF | Khalid Boulahrouz | Chelsea | €13,200,000 |
| | FW | Mustafa Kučuković | Greuther Fürth | |
| | DF | Daniel Van Buyten | Bayern Munich | €8,000,000 |
| | FW | Naohiro Takahara | Eintracht Frankfurt | €750,000 |
| | DF | Daniel Ziebig | Energie Cottbus | €150,000 |
| | DF | Stefan Beinlich | Hansa Rostock | |
| | DF | Charles Takyi | AZ | |
| | MF | Sergej Barbarez | Bayer Leverkusen | |
| | DF | Mišo Brečko | Erzgebirge Aue | €30,000 |

## Kits

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